FIGURE 2.
Dispersion of food items before (1) and after (2) one‐half the standing crop is eaten by ungulates. For grasses (G) from which multiple bites may be taken, the dispersion remains the same, but the size of the food item decreases. For herbs or browse (H), whole items are eaten, thereby altering the dispersion but not size of remaining items (from Jarman, 1974)